Mycobacterium bovis, but also M. africanum present in raw milk of pastoral cattle in north-central Nigeria

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Cadmus, Simeon I.B.
Yakubu, Mohammed K.
Magaji, Abdullahi A.
Jenkins, Akinbowale Olajide
Van Soolingen, Dick

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Springer

Abstract

Using deletion typing technique, five mycobacteria isolated from unpasteurised milk samples from cows in north-central Nigeria were characterized as Mycobacterium bovis (n=4) and M. africanum (n=1). This report emphasizes that transmission between the animal and human reservoir is a serious threat in Nigeria.

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Pasteurization, Zoonosis, Milk

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Cadmus, SIB, Yakubu, MK, Magaji, AA, Jenkins, AO & Van Soolingen, D 2010, 'Mycobacterium bovis, but also M. africanum present in raw milk of pastoral cattle in north-central Nigeria', Tropical Animal Health and Production, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1047-1048, doi:10.1007/s11250-010-9533-2.